The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-02

rn1.. Ia then took htlle Car b hie arms
n 5ils4,es "a vas usually uhaityi spd even
hunoropk 8 that this aiianes Htfaai1 me q
W. Sa W % thankful ypu hsys IstuFnea.
I said we have been 70 an 4t0iAl3 !,
Ard Vii n reason, III promise yqui' nrnl,e
IN ME-. Gfgn. Bruce, who entered elqAe on
MI. COnfNThanis heels, accompanied ~ my
niece and others. .41,i,5,
. W. have had uinh an escapej llothlha
shall tempt me oua mountain aEHiIl1 L1al ~
cured And then, suddqnH auutesslbs
FisF, a'he saidi ttHdNsyer did ynu get 1aoht
bfrs EuninEham9 We were Nl nearly ~
frnzen Sc the glacier at the fright sou ess44
us---yuu sec, we undersigned you never WEI
II for climbing. And What eyoT guide ull
you get7 We had 30 puf % Nlth me $500
inpGstora for guides. I az eelieEo y We
their first expedition lsllt honssfl g ay,-
course to reach yau We discovered that VIZ
We were standing on was one Qt those AWFUL
cornices, and Il gave VIZ ard 5ellFiasllllh
t " us i bSd lst ii, Ne a stood gpaeelldss,
staring at the gulf that had 50 ilearlT SWAP
lowed us 4lp--and then y6p had disap IeareQ.
Alr. QoninghaIn declared. you were salel
though how hscuuld knOwit1 can 7 imagine.
Mrs. Cen. Bruce here stopped foT htestn allu
looked around On he all. Elsa had become
very pale. r,. .t.,,,r Me-,
ooni8 95il 6 M nsvsr isff ia hotel.
ftIlint Is t1npossihlelh cried my niece
1--WE al saw heT-1bvery one OF uHt Ruu Ane
iIDNlkeN NNLiGHH NbAlAlAllA AlsA tWANE9
which they did-in . dugnatio manner DOT
There couldn't possibly be another inst
like Mrs. Cunningham, nroSe IN Ags, BRUCE
once mora; and presently she vii own All
about It, In the meantime We ought every
one Of Us, to thank her on our knees, 10
think che cried With q shudderi where ne
should all be now but for nerih
EVERY ore has 4 double, 20 it Is sRia,n
Cuuingham remarked in . hollow Yoiee, ailq
with the weakest attempt at q smile ! ever
The party liaperse6, puzzled and little
piQued, despite their reason for gratltude
They were asked then to disbelisye their own
eysB-their collective OyoR. 1t was too much,
face Is they withdreg. As Mrs. sen. Bruce
Was departing last Of all and tribe mefe
''huftityn than the others, j said: You
should allow Dir. OontnRhsm 10 have an
opinion, even If you think my word M
worthy Of belief-5he should know his own
EiAnd he did seem 10 know her-at the
time, ? she mace angWeT ag ahe We1It -,
but Elsa called me to her. Have You any
wlBh, dear ~ ] began, az bent over her
chs chair Il A. II there anything you would ike
ION, mon Disu9 but yes, I have . wish;
but no, you cannot give me my Wish. wish
to be just like other women. Oh, il IL 20
hard to want to be only woman--like the
others, and to be different. on. g9se Je SKIS
gItdihetHreuSegH ana she cast herself weeping
into her husbands arms.
top van leave Us now. Mig Thonpa9p, =
one hand to me, s'beiieve me, I am it.ls
grateful to you. I know how ygu have ten
ded Elsa. ] am glad she has so taken tosyou.
Be all you can to her" He spoke bgokenly
and as II with difficulty.
] bowed my head. / could not trust my
voice, l vas 50 strangely moved,
A. went out heard CARTS childish treble
liz father, Is sho to know the secret
/ made my way to the apartment shared
with my niece. ] found her az the door Of
the roum in conversation with Mrs. Bruce.
What should son Conclude IL YOU saw q
living person ina place where she was not,
where she could not be7r RllOdE Was asking.
z should Conclude that that person was
going to die, Mrs. Gen. Bruce answered
promptly.
The words fell like a lnell upon my heart.
OaElg words IN, w shall soon Al die
strange sleep, her huabands unnsual emo
ton, ball filled my mind with a tumtllt OF
conflicting conjecture.
The following evening, table G'3i5te being
over several Of us, including the Cunning
hams, were outside the hotel Watching the
Eun in his royal descent behind the mountain
range, i never Remembered more beautiful
sunset-exeept one; aud it may be that the
clasp Of a hand now cold made the differ
ence, How boldly the Matterhorn stood out
against the rosy gold Of the sltyi How low
ingiy the soft flush Of light fingered about
the gummitE, AZ il lOAth TO leave II Il
The mountain will loom the more darlily
from thie memory when the sun ie gone, = j
think TO myself. Alas that suns should rise
in this life only to setW
/ had uneoRSeiouslV spoken my Thought
aloud, and Mr Cunningham who Was next to
me, replied 10 it.
stiff, Miss Thompson, one would not
Danish the sun. It VIII surely make the
night seem less long to remember the day
that has been. In il is the germ of hope
that what has been can be again"
Elsa pressed her head. Joan and are
not like others, : she said,
A group Of guides were also Watching the
sunset and discussing the weather in relation
to climbing.
man: 'heTrigott, but that is the lady We saw
yesterday all alone upon the muIntain n and
he plainly Indicated Elsa.
Mrs. Gen. Bruce exchanged a meaning
glance with the gentleman next her.
The ConinEhaHs le.eutered the hotel ]
went in too, and sat alone in tine deserted
,dlping-rogn- Presently MIR. GQHnghaln
joined me. saw from his manner that be
had sOmetliing important 10 cOmmunicste. ]
motlunPd hiIlt 10 a sent near me.
Miss Thompson, y be began, hesitatinEly,
- have favor TO ask Of y8u, and fit should
can rely upon you to pardon the liberty j
take, seeing 1t Is for Elsas eake.H
] lasteRed TO assure him that nothing
could give me more pleasure than to be Of
Use 70 LISA
'BuBIny proposal will strike yon as so
odd, he vent on. I'VE have known each
other SO short a time,D
l begged him to consider me an old friend,
and at once tell me in what way could serve
Am fright in snpposing that You have
no ties--that ls, no ties to Keep ron IN one
place more than another7R he asked.
Quite right r / answered, with a sigh
could not suppress My niece viii BE re-
turning home; then | shall probably go to
PaFiBat least, 4 shall hontinue ms wander
lngB. i have made no plans.
Thigh, Miss thompson it becomes easier
to make my request. VIII you return to
LIghpd and remain with MS our guest All
Coming hanHaltfo for as long as Vol do not
Ibid not anaWef At first being fIled with
surprise; SO he went on:
Elsa has become uo much attached to YOU
AZ this point Elsa herself appeared and
added her own en- treAtiea to thoseof her nus
band IN her pretty broken English. What
could l do but eonsent7
FIRST ! must deliver my niece MP 10 the
hands Of her friends. then they might IooiS
for me ct Coningnam Hall Elsa imprinted a
compact.
AIDS and made our way to England -the
COninghams to their country house in
Somerset I with RhUda to London.
Cunningham Hail EBa sitnated in d hollow.
Inc sina 4 park which surrounded it was wild
and romantic, Directly IN front OF the hall
lay q large sheet 81 water, beautiful enough
WillO&s.
IT was on an August evening that / first
saw this lake. ! stood still a moment to afl-
mire, .aIld y think with pleasure Of the sur
Drlse MAS about T. give ElHn, for was not
e1peeted dill the next day. As looked NV
mood changed. A feelingof fear -alir0sf 3f
horror .-took hold upon me. 50 baantifiit 4
seene shonlh be productive only of peace,
! could have cried aloud III ny rsf1eloss fsr-
F0r I feif as II under d powerful control
visible grasp.
moved Win rflpld steps 10 the very border
OF the lake. / knew not but what q laiqlt be
oQllteileu 20 enter the water-I had no power